I have a string like this "2012.12.04T08:35:00" that represents a time in the "W. Europe Standard Time" timezone.
Now, I want to convert this properly to a c# DateTime object in UTC time.
What is the proper way to do this?
Convert time in string to UTC time?
Ask by Anonymous User
Updated 31 Jan 2014
Use TimeZoneInfo when converting between specific time zones:
TimeZoneInfo westInfo = TimeZoneInfo.FindSystemTimeZoneById("W. Europe Standard Time");DateTime westTime = DateTime.Parse("2012.12.04T08:35:00");
DateTime utcTime = TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTimeToUtc(westTime, westInfo);
To address your confusion:
DateTime.Parse as used here makes no assumptions about the timezone of the given value. IT stores it with a DateTimeKind of Unspecified.
TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTimeToUtc as used here expects an Unspecified datetime, reads it as if it is in the explicitly specified time zone, and converts it to UTC.